NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate, press the
5.After the message in Step 4 appears, reconfigure the terminal emulation console using these parameters.
Parameter | Value |
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Baud rate | 115200 |
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Data bits | 8 |
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Parity | None |
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Stop bits | 1 |
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Flow control | None |
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6.Press the Enter key several times on the PC that is connected to the console port of the switch. When the console port is successfully communicating with the PC, indicating readiness for image transfer, continuous C's appear:
7.Be sure that the new switch operating system firmware file is available on the computer. This file can be downloaded from the CD that is shipped with the switch or from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation).
8.Select
The Send File window displays the progress of the file transfer. The file transfer might take up to five minutes.
NOTE: Although slower, XModem also works if 1K MODEM is not used.
9.After completing the transfer, a message displays how many bytes transferred, followed by another message displaying the status of image extraction. Do not power cycle the switch during this process.
CAUTION: Do not power off the switch until the message: "Change your baud rate to 9600 bps and power cycle the switch," is displayed, otherwise, the switch will be inoperable.
10.After extracting the image, the system prompts to select which current operating system image (image1 or image2) needs to be updated by the new operating system image. It also provides an option (n) not to update any and to quit the update procedure.